The Course Catalog
Each quarter, we offer lifelong learners access to more than 40 courses at the University of Chicago.
Summer quarter course registration is now open. For questions, please contact grahamregistrar@uchicago.edu or call 773.702.7249.
Creative Writing One Creative Writing One
This course will introduce you to creative writing, from generating ideas to revising drafts. Find your voice and develop your craft through in-class and at-home writing exercises, as well as...
Deep Dive: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra Deep Dive: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra, a relatively late play by Shakespeare, is a powerful work that stands out for its complexity and scope as well as for the challenge it presents to norms of tragedy. In this class...
Developing a Play-in-Progress Developing a Play-in-Progress
This course is designed for writers who want to develop a script on which they have already begun to work. This may include anything from a full-length play to a one-act play to a series of short...
Docupoetry Lab Docupoetry Lab
Poets increasingly turn to the practices of documentarians, with a wide range of heart- and mind-opening effects. In this course, we’ll examine the hybrid practices and forms of docupoetics, and...
Early Independents Early Independents
Online registration closes September 24 at 5 pm CT.
All Graham School courses use Canvas to distribute files and announcements. You will receive an invitation to join Canvas about a week before your...
Early Modern Women Artists Early Modern Women Artists
In a famous essay first published in 1971, art historian Linda Nochlin posed the provocative question “Why have there been No Great Women Artists?” She answered her query with explanations including...
Effective Writing I Effective Writing I
Founded on the principles of clear writing developed at The University of Chicago’s renowned Writing Program, this course helps students learn how to write clearly for academic and professional...
Eight Great Rock Musicals: From Hair to Hamilton Eight Great Rock Musicals: From Hair to Hamilton
The sound and attitude of rock, pop and hip-hop have helped reinvent and reinvigorate the American musical theater. This course will focus on eight shows that shook up the world of Broadway and...
FIRE!! Writers, Musicians, and Visual Artists of the Harlem Renaissance I: 1918-1929 FIRE!! Writers, Musicians, and Visual Artists of the Harlem Renaissance I: 1918-1929
Exploding in the 1920s and 1930s the creative energy of Harlem’s poets, painters, novelists, jazz and blues musicians, sculptors, photographers, graphic designers, and filmmakers changed the face of...
Foundations of Western Metaphysics: Unity and Change: Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Aristotle Foundations of Western Metaphysics: Unity and Change: Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Aristotle
What are the roots of the philosophical development of Western science and philosophy? This class will take up a reading of Aristotle's Metaphysics, the first work of western philosophy to lay out a...